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Supreme Court allows Alabama to use new congressional map

The Supreme Court allowed Alabama to move forward with its new congressional map in a decision issued Tuesday evening, pausing a lower-court ruling that the map was likely unconstitutional. The unsigned order from the court’s conservative majority allowed the state to use its preferred map, one first adopted in 2023…

Roll Call · Jun 2

Alabama groups urge Supreme Court to halt congressional map

Challengers to Alabama’s latest redistricting push urged the Supreme Court on Monday not to let the state use a congressional map in this fall’s elections that a lower court found likely discriminated against Black voters. The groups, including voters and Democratic officials in the state, argued the justices should keep…

Roll Call · Jun 1

Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow use of new congressional map

Alabama officials asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to halt a lower-court ruling that blocked the use of a new congressional map in this fall’s elections. In the pair of applications filed Wednesday, officials urged the justices to either pause the lower-court ruling pending a full appeal or set aside…

Roll Call · May 27

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Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks Alabama Republicans from Removing Voters from State's Voter Rolls, Orders to Restore Deleted Names

A federal judge blocked an Alabama voter removal program headed by Republicans for violating a federal law.

Latin Times · Oct 17, 2024

Federal Judge Halts Alabama Voter Purge Program

Federal judge halts Alabama voter purging program, restoring legal voters' status before elections.

Three state court rulings ease voting restrictions ahead of US elections

Rulings in three states – including Georgia – reverse measures that would have limited some voters from casting ballots.

Al Jazeera · Oct 17, 2024

Trump-appointed judge blocks Alabama’s mass voter purge just weeks before Election Day

Legal battles over threats to voter eligibility are playing out across the US as Trump baselessly alleges noncitizens are illegally voting

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2024

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Federal Judge Orders Alabama Secretary Of State To Reverse Voter Purge

Federal judge orders Alabama to reverse voter roll purge before 2024 election due to timing issues.

Federal judge to halt Alabama program that purged thousands of legal voters

A federal judge is halting an Alabama program that made thousands of legal voters inactive ahead of the November elections

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2024

Trump and Republicans are preparing their excuse for why they lost the election

While Trump promotes a baseless idea that non-citizens are illegally casting ballots to rig the election against him, voting-eligible citizens are being swept up in Republican-led purges across the country, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2024

Republicans’ non-citizen voting myth sets stage to claim stolen election

As some Americans are informed they need to prove their citizenship, Trump and other Republicans are spreading the false idea non-citizens could vote in vast numbers

The Guardian - US · Oct 3, 2024

Alabama election officials make voter registration inactive for thousands of potential noncitizens

Alabama's secretary of state says more than 3,200 voters in the state may not be U.S. citizens

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2024

Republicans Push For Election Integrity Bill In Senate

Republicans advocate for the SAVE Act requiring citizenship verification in voting, while Democrats focus on Biden's re-election, delaying the bill.

Alabama Secretary Of State Raises Concerns Over Voter Registration Policies

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen raises concerns about federal policies facilitating illegal immigrants to register to vote and advocates for reforms t...

Ohio And Alabama Secretaries Of State Challenge Democratic Convention Dates

Ohio and Alabama face timing conflict with Democratic convention and certification deadlines, potentially impacting Biden's nomination on state ballots. Di...

Alabama Official Asserts Biden May Miss State Ballot Deadline

Challenges arise in Alabama and Ohio as certification deadlines clash with Democratic convention schedules.

Roll Call · Mar 12, 2024

Senators warn of threats to ’24 election, but disagree on what they are - Roll Call

Two Senate panels tackled election security ahead of November, with Democrats spotlighting threats to poll workers and voting rights.

WEKU · Oct 20, 2023

Republican states swore off a voting tool. Now they're scrambling to recreate it

Nine GOP-led states have now pulled out of ERIC, which helps members find election fraud and keep their voter lists up to date. And experts say their new efforts to replicate the group aren't as good.

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Roll Call · Sep 26, 2023

Supreme Court allows process to redraw Alabama congressional map - Roll Call

The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to halt a court-ordered process to redraw Alabama’s congressional map before next year’s election.

Roll Call · Sep 11, 2023

Alabama asks Supreme Court to halt lower-court order for new congressional map - Roll Call

Alabama asked the Supreme Court on Monday to halt an order for a special master to draw a new congressional map before the 2024 election.

WEKU · Jun 9, 2023

Court ruling on Black political power in Alabama could affect maps in other states

A major Supreme Court decision in an Alabama redistricting case could provide a roadmap for other gerrymandering challenges. There are similar challenges to maps elsewhere in the South.

WEKU · Jun 7, 2023

The far right's growing influence and 4 other takeaways from NPR's ERIC investigation

Why are Republicans abandoning one of the best tools the government has to catch voter fraud? That question is the focus of a new NPR investigation. Here are five takeaways from the report.

WEKU · Mar 6, 2023

3 more Republican states announce they're leaving a key voting data partnership

Florida, Missouri and West Virginia announced they're pulling out of the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, the only system states have to share voter registration data.

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023

Election conspiracies fuel dispute over voter fraud system

A bipartisan effort among states to combat voter fraud has found itself in the crosshairs of conspiracy theories fueled by Donald Trump’s false claim about the 2020 presidential election and now faces an uncertain future

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2022

Election conspiracists claim some races for local offices

Republicans who supported former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election lost bids for statewide offices that play key roles in overseeing voting in the six states that decided the last presidential election

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